Space News for Tuesday, October 01, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Apex to provide satellite buses for Anduril’s defense-oriented space missions(00:53) Gogo buys rival to tackle Starlink aviation expansion(01:19) SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage deorbit anomaly(01:46) Month: (02:18) ULA rolls its Vulcan rocket to the launch pad ahead of second test flight(02:47) Vulcan rolls out for Wet Dress Rehearsal preparing to launch on second certification mission (CERT-2) – SatNews(03:25) U.S. Commerce Department’s new TraCSS launches initial capabilities – SatNews(03:57) BlackSky wins U.S. Navy research contract for Gen-3 advanced optical intersatellite links – SatNews(04:25) Apex + Anduril announce partnership to advance space capabilities – SatNews(04:53) KRYTAR reveals 2 new compact directional couplers operating in the 1.7 to 20 GHz range – SatNews(05:24) Space in Africa: African Space Industry Annual Report, 2024 Edition – SatNews(05:58) NASA’s Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions(06:26) One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of cosmic material around supernova remnant and black hole